Marlow's journey into the uncharted heart of darkness becomes more and more dreamlike as he travels from the outer station towards the inner station. The shift in Marlow's character is Conrad's penetrateion from the super ego into the id. The superego, ego and the id are Freud's influence on Conrad as the reader witnesses different aspects of Marlow's character from moral, rational and unconscious and amoral. Yet, these different characteristics of Marlow occur in different locations throughout his journey. This raises the question of weather the location determines what state we are in, the super ego, ego and the id. Do our repressed desires from societal restrictions manifest in an environment where their are less restrictions and our unconscious takes over? Which state the superego, ego or id is our true self and not a manifestation of what society expects? Marlow's conscious actions and unconscious experiences solidify that Marlow's location effects his thoughts and intentions.
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